The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-04-06
RusselIvilIe and pope County

Ii has been said that
s.Therc is tide in the Affairs OF men
Which taken at the food, leads on To fortune =
And it Is as true of towns and coun-
ties as it is of individuals. Here we
| have a town of 1900 inhabitants, beau
tifully located at the foot hills Of the
Boston Mountains, midway between
/ Little Rock and Fort Smith, and three
miles from the Arkansas river. We
have the Melrose cotton mills, pillow
and wagon factories, gins, saw, grist
and plauing mills, foundry and marble
works, splendid school building, where
a free public school VIII be taught nine
months in the year hereafter, six
churches, masonic temple, refined So
ciety, etc. The county seat has just
been located here by vote of the peo-
pie and an elegant court house will
soon be added to our list Of public build
ings. The country round about Is d.
versified by plateaus, bottoms. hills,
valleys, living streams and numerous
medicinal springs. Rich coal fields,
producing the best quality of coal lie
between the railway and the river and
north OF the railway within easy reach
of town, and evidences of iron, lead,
zinc and copper abound in our midst.
The farmers raise cotton, corn, grain,
grass, fruit and stock. The county has
Il population of over 5000. With all
these advantages can we not talk and
work for our town and county. There
Is no use to repine because greater de-
velopment of our resources was not
made before. But now since wave
of prosperity is sweeping over Arkan
sas, let us fall into line and work for
Russellville and Pope county. Ii you
believe in these things talk them to
strangers who visit US, and induce 9TH
ers to come, and impress upon all the
advantages and inducements above
enumerated.
NOTES.
Four new brick buildings are talked
of on Jefferson street.
Mrs, Burns of Little Rock is here
with view of investing in town prop
erty.
Postmaster Reynolds is talking of
building a brick residence on River
street.
DR.. w. III. Hill will build at once a
handsome two story residence on Jeffer-
son street.
Mr.. Wilkie, late of Columbus, Ky. i
has bought out the jewelry establish
ment of Arthur Erwin.
The town council is having some sub
stantial Improvements made OH the
streets and on the town branch.
The Tucker corner recently sold to
M. jacobson for $500, could have been
bought three months before for 81 800.
Mr.. J. NJ. Luker has recently refused
$4,000 for the lots on corner Of River
and Jefferson St., north of DR.. Prnitt's
residence.
Mr.. Jack Hartscll offered his place
ia the suburbs last year at $500. Quite
recently he was offered $1,000 in cash,
but refused it,
The Perry corner has long been held
at 5000, but when the boom wave
swept over us rapidly rose to $4,000, and
John w. White took it in.
Messrs. Ed Bernard, Eb Howell and
Mack Gambler have purchased the liv-
cry stable, stock and fixtures from
Oates q Oates, and have taken possess
ion.
Prof. I. NJ. Pullen, with w. A. Ohm
sted & Co., Chicago, will move his fam
lily here from near GAINESVILLE. He
likes the town and the outlook and pro-
poses to be one of US.
Jamison & Underwood contem-
plate putting up commodious two
story building just east of Strickland's
photograph gallery, TO be used as
blacksmith shop and wagon factory.
w. c. Renfrow has purchased from
S. G. Wells the store house now occu-
pied by L. G. York, and also the R0ys
residence on Jefferson street and
handsome cottage on River street from
Mrs. Harkey of Ola, Yell county.